Crochet cotton ball holder



' V. F. GRAHAM, SR

CROCHET COTTON BALL HOLDER Filed May 17, 1939 ATTORNEYS Patented Apr.22, 1941 omrao STATES PATENT optics CROCHET ooTToN BA L'HoLn R' VernonF. Graham, Sr.,' Chester, Pa. 7 ApplicationMay 17, 1939, Serena 274,264.3 Claims. (01. 242- 130) My invention relates to new and usefulimprovements in holding devices for spools.

An important object of my invention is to provide a device for holdingspools of crochet cotton, or the like, that may be easily andconveniently attached to any plain surface.

Another object of my invention is to provide a device for holding spoolsthat will not mar or scratch the surface to which it is attached.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a device for holdingspools that will prevent the thread from twisting and knotting as it isunwound from the spool.

Yet another object of my invention is to provide a device for holdingspools that is adjustable in its nature to permit the spool to beretained in a vertical position regardless of the degree of inclinationof the plain surface to which the device is attached.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device for holdingspools that includes novel means to prevent the accidental displacementof the spool therefrom.

A still further object of my invention. is to provide a device forholding spools that is simple in construction, efficient in operationand inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent during thecourse of the'following description.

In the drawing, forming a part of this specification, and in which likenumerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side bodying my invention, and showing parts broken away,

Figure 2 is a side elevation, showing parts in section, of a spindle andcap therefor embodying a part of my invention,

Figure 3 is a side elevation of a modification of the supporting base,

Figure 4 is a vertical sectional view, taken on the line 4-4 of Figure3,

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the modified form of my invention, andshowing the same attached to a supporting surface,

Figure 6 is a side elevation of the base portion of the modified form ofthe invention, and

Figure 7 is a top plan view thereof.

In the accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration, isshown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral II]designates'a cylindrical base having a constricted lower portion II towhich the suction cup I2 is elevation of a device emattached by thescrew I3, or the like. A vertical gudgeon I4 extends upwardly from thebase member I0 and rotatably receives the spindle I5. The stud bolt I6has the end I! thereof threadedly received in the upper end of thespindle and the upper end I8 of the said bolt is pointed to pierce thetransverse wall I9 of the spool 20. The retaining cap 2| has the nut 22'imbedded therein to threadedly receive the stud bolt I6 and to hold thesaid cap in superimposed relation to the wall I9 of the spool.

In the form of my invention as illustrated in Figures 3 to '7, the basemember I0 is formed with bifurcations 23 and 24 which embrace thedepending tongue 25 of the supporting gudgeon 26. The bolt 21 extendstransversely through the bifurcations 23 and 24 and the tongue 25 tohold the same in pivotal relation and the wing nut 28 is threadedthereon in appressed relation with the bifurcation 24 to hold thegudgeon 26 in the desired pivotal position. The supporting gudgeon 26 isformed with an integral disk shaped base 29 which supports the spindleI5 rotatably carried by the gudgeon 26.

In the first form of the invention the device may be detachably securedto a horizontal surface by the suction cup I2 and the thread, yarn,

or the like 3|] may be unwound there-from without danger of displacingthe support.

It may be seen that when the retaining cap 2| is removed from the studbolt I6, the transverse end wall I9 of the spool may be easily piercedby the pointed end I8 thereof and that when the cap 2| is threadedlyreceived by the stud bolt in superimposed relation to the end wall I9,the spool will be securely held thereby and that as the thread isunwound from the spool the spindle I5 will freely rotate on the gudgeonI4.

In the modified form of the invention the suction cup I2 may be securedto any surface regardless of the inclination of the same. This surfacemay be the arm or leg of a chair in which the person is sitting, a tableor wall near the chair or any supporting surface in close proximity tothe user. The pivotal connection of the gudgeon 26 with the base willpermit the said gudgeon to be retained in a vertical position at alltimes to prevent the spindle I5 from being accidentally detachedtherefrom.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown anddescribed, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the size, shape and arrangement of parts may beresorted to with out departing from the spirit of my invention, or thescope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A holder for a spool having a transverse end wall comprising a basehaving a gudgeon, a spindle rotatably mounted on the said gudgeon andhaving an upstanding threaded shank the distal end of which is pointedto pierce the transverse wall of the spool, and a spool securing capthreadedly received by the last-mentioned shank and adapted to be movedinto pressed superimposed relation with the transverse wall of the saidspool to hold the same clamped to the spindle.

2. A holder for a spool having a. transverse end wall comprising a base,a gudgeon pivotally mounted on the said base, a spindle rotatablycarried by the gudgeon and having an upstanding threaded shank thedistal end of which is pointed to pierce the transverse wall of thespool,

and a spool securing cap threadedly received by the last-mentioned shankand adapted to be moved into pressed superimposed relation with thetransverse wall of the said spool to hold the same clamped to thespindle.

3. A holder for a. spool having a transverse end wall comprising a base,a gudgeon pivotally mounted on the said base, means to hold the gudgeonin a selected pivoted position, a spindle rotatably carried by thegudgeon and having an upstanding threaded shank the distal end of whichis pointed to pierce the transverse wall of the spool, and a spoolsecuring cap threadedly received by the last-mentioned shank and adaptedto be moved into pressed superimposed relation with the transverse wallof the said spool to hold the same securely associated with the saidspindle.

VERNON F. GRAHAM, SP...

